Factors affecting nutritional status of young mothers

Early childbearing influences women’s health. This study aims to examine the effects of sociodemographic factors on nutritional status of early childbearing mothers in  Bangladesh based on Body Mass Index (BMI) as … Read More »

Reducing child marriage and increasing girls’ schooling in Bangladesh

Child marriage stubbornly persists in South Asia, despite being associated with lower education, higher fertility and mortality rates, and poor health among adolescent mothers and their children. According to the Bangladesh … Read More »

Alternative Approaches to Reducing Child Marriage in Bangladesh

A clustered randomized trial in Bangladesh examines alternative strategies to reduce child marriage and teenage childbearing and increase girls’ education. Communities were randomized into three treatment and one control group in … Read More »

A Randomised Controlled Trial to test best practices for delaying child marriage

In 2012, Population council and partners started a 4 year randomised controlled trial, with the aim to find strategies which are proven to be successful in reducing child marriage. BALIKA results … Read More »

Electoral violence in Bangladesh

Focusing on the confrontational bipolar political system of Bangladesh, this paper attempts to examine electoral violence, electoral accountability, and the challenge of a ‘credible’ election. In order to understand the electoral … Read More »

Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey Report on Children

The Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey (BHIS) is the largest injury survey ever conducted at the community level in a developing country, with a sample size of 171,366 households and a … Read More »

Gender Norms and violence against women

The current study explores rural Bangladeshi men’s support for gender norms, beliefs, and attitudes concerning violence against women, and looks at how these are influenced by men’s age, marital status, education, … Read More »

Association of parent’s violent behaviour and Violence in adult life of children

This study done in Bangladesh utilised data from 2007 BDHS (Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey). It was found that men who witnessed violent behaviour between parents were more likely to exhibit … Read More »

Public-Health Response of Spousal Violence in Bangladesh

Spousal violence is a severe public-health issue in Bangladesh. This issue is complicated one as it is traditionally and socially sensitive issue. In Most of the women’s lifetime, they must experience … Read More »

World Scenario of Sexual Violence

One of the common and serious public health problem is sexual violence. The occurrence of sexual violence is common in all over the world. Sexual violence is mainly driven by economic, … Read More »